Obama's War: PBS Special Tonight 9PM


	Obama's War: PBS Special Tonight 9PM

merrie

10-13-2009 4:26 PM

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HIGHLIGHTS

Eight years in -- what is the new approach?

The critical importance of connecting with locals

Why the push into Helmand province

What should we expect to see a year from now

Who are the Taliban we're fighting in Afghanistan

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color:#e5e5e5;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/ec186f95-4ec0-4bc5-b37c-bf5602d063aa/7D7F8E1C-CB09-4094-AB77-B306ACBC61F4/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/obamaswar/" href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/obamaswar/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.pbs.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/obamaswar/"><SPAN id="facts">As President Obama approaches a decision point on Afghanistan strategy and whether to increase troop levels, a 24-minute rough cut of the first act of <I>Obama's War</I>.</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/obamaswar/"><SPAN class="warning">Warning: This video contains graphic language and imagery</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/obamaswar/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.pbs.org/img/42ECCBC6-B90F-46DB-8BD8-EB56080C8689" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/obamaswar/interviews/mcchrystal.html" href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/obamaswar/interviews/mcchrystal.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.pbs.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/obamaswar/interviews/mcchrystal.html"><H1>Gen. 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This is the edited transcript of an interview conducted in Kabul on Aug. 1, 2009.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/obamaswar/interviews/mcchrystal.html"><P class="pullquote">“If the Afghan people are going to have a future, they have to build it. But they need our help for a while until they can get there.”
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